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So you painted the entire car with tremclad? How its holding up? Durable? Looks perfect in pics!

It's holding up fine so far. It's definitely not as good as automotive paint, but for what it is (a $50 paint job), it's great. It's not perfect, but it looks better than some amateur spray jobs. When I tell people that I painted the car with Tremclad and a roller, they laugh, and call BS.

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Originally Posted by DIY

Its so beautiful!!! Amazing work! Was it hard to find the 323? How's the dogleg transmission?

I wasn't actually looking for the 323i. I'm always searching kijiji, and I noticed the ad for an e21 323i, but I was skeptical. I went to look at the car, and it turned out to be the real thing. There were a few people tire kicking and whatnot, so I just handed the seller the $600(really), and told him it's sold. There was some kid there looking at it who didn't even know how to drive a manual. I don't even like to think about what would have happened to the car if I didn't find it. The dogleg transmission is cool. Takes a while to get used to it, but it's fun and very unique. It also shifts very smoothly, although I do need new shift linkage bushings (already have all the parts, just not installed yet).

Thank you for saving that beauty! Impressive work (and buy! that gear box is prob worth 1000 with how rare it is), I really want to have that type of gear box in my 325 but I've read its too short ... But racing developments are just awesome

It's holding up fine so far. It's definitely not as good as automotive paint, but for what it is (a $50 paint job), it's great. It's not perfect, but it looks better than some amateur spray jobs. When I tell people that I painted the car with Tremclad and a roller, they laugh, and call BS.

Awesome. I'm halfway through painting my 2002 with tremclad and I was curious how it held up. Spots with only one coat, it seemed to be rather fragile which kind of scared me, but with more I think its starting to hold up.

It just doesn't have overdrive, so the gears are closer together. 5th gear is 1:1.

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Originally Posted by craz azn

Awesome. I'm halfway through painting my 2002 with tremclad and I was curious how it held up. Spots with only one coat, it seemed to be rather fragile which kind of scared me, but with more I think its starting to hold up.

What color are you painting your '02? You'll have to post some pics when it's finished.